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Quick Guide & Transcript: Bush condemns riots over religious cartoons, Global Flyer takes off
QUICKVOTERELATEDSPECIAL REPORTCNN STUDENT NEWS(CNN Student News) -- February 9, 2006 Quick GuideCartoon Controversy - Find out how two world leaders addressed the violence stemming from cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Eyeing Spying - Get a sense of how some Arab-Americans view the NSA's controversial domestic spying program. A Global Attempt - Take off with a record-setter who had a problem the moment he got off the ground in his new adventure. TranscriptTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. MONICA LLOYD, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to CNN Student News on this Thursday, February 9th! I'm Monica Lloyd at CNN Center. Two leaders from two different countries join in one common call. For bloody riots over some offensive cartoons, to stop. Find out why so many are so angry. Arab-Americans have contrasting views over the government's controversial spying program. Hear how they're responding, and coping. And an international group of daredevils makes history over Thailand. Get a bird's-eye view of an event as colorful as it is incredible. First Up: Cartoon Controversy LLOYD: The international uproar over cartoons of Islam's prophet, has turned deadly. Here's some background: A Danish newspaper first printed the drawings last September. And in the months that followed, some European newspapers reprinted them. This led to protests and riots throughout the Muslim world. Now we can't show you pictures of the cartoons themselves, because they're extremely offensive to Muslims. Brianna Keilar explains why, and shows us how some people have reacted. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN REPORTER: Around the world Muslims are protesting controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. In Afghanistan Wednesday, police killed five demonstrators as a crowd tried to storm a U.S. military base. The violence prompted President Bush to speak out. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH: I call upon the governments around the world to stop the violence. KEILAR: The president spoke during a visit with Jordan's King Abdullah who urged Muslim protestors to use restraint. KING ABDULLAH II, KING OF JORDAN: Anything that vilifies the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) or attacks on Muslim sensibilities I believe needs to be condemned but at the same time those that want to protest should do it thoughtfully, articulately, and express their views peacefully. KEILAR: Any depiction of Muhammad is forbidden in Islam and one rendition shows him wearing a bomb as a turban. Angry demonstrators have targeted the Danish embassy in Teheran and burned flags of Denmark, where the cartoons were first published. Denmark's prime minister says his country is being judged unfairly. ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN, DANISH PRIME MINISTER: Neither the Danish government or Danish people can be held responsible for what is published in a free and independent newspaper. KEILAR: The protests against the cartoons gained intensity after newspapers in other countries reprinted them. For CNN Student News, I'm Brianna Keilar. (END VIDEO CLIP) Fast Facts CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: Time for some Fast Facts! The Central Intelligence Agency estimates that the world's major religions are represented like this: 33 percent of humans are Christian. Muslims make up about 20 percent of the world's population... and Hindus account for just over 13 percent. Buddhists make up almost 6 percent... And a little more than 14 percent of the world's people are not religious. Eyeing Spying LLOYD: We've told you a lot lately about the National Security Agency's controversial spying program. In the program, investigators secretly listen in to the international phone calls of certain Americans. The goal is to find out any information about terrorism. But some Arab-Americans who call friends and family overseas, are afraid they're being targeted for surveillance. Keith Oppenheim tells us what they have to say about it, in the third report of our "Eyeing Spying" series. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KEITH OPPENHEIM, CNN REPORTER: Nick Najjar is a real estate agent in Troy, Michigan. So, he's on the phone a lot... or meeting with clients, the majority, Arab-Americans. Nick Najjar was born in Iraq - and now regularly makes calls to his family in Syria and Lebanon. He's worried his conversations are being monitored by the federal government. NICK NAJJAR, REAL ESTATE AGENT: The fear in the community - it's today they stated with the phones. If they're going to start with the phones, are they going to come one day and they're going to listen to what we say in our house? OPPENHEIM: That fear is widespread here. In Dearborn, the center of one of the nation's largest Arab-American communities, signs - in Arabic - are everywhere. Osama Siblani is the publisher of the Arab-American news, published here - and read on-line around the world. But Siblani argues Arab-Americans who openly oppose the administration's policies - and - make frequent overseas calls - increasingly believe they are targets. OPPENHEIM: Are people getting paranoid? SIBLANI: Yes, absolutely, absolutely and they're getting angry. Because I do believe that Arab-Americans and American Moslems - they believe they're loyal Americans, and when you make decisions like this - to go and spy on them, you make them feel like they are not loyal or they are doing something against this country, and that is absolutely wrong. OPPENHEIM: Loyalty from the Arab-American community is something the Bush administration clearly values. We popped in on a lunch meeting between local Arab leaders and Dan Sutherland, from the Department of Homeland Security's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Sutherland says an important part of the administration's counter-terrorism strategy is to build partnerships and trust. OPPENHEIM: But does that get harder to do if Arab-Americans feel they're being targeted? DAN SUTHERLAND, OFFICER FOR CIVIL RIGHTS U.S. DEPT. HOMELAND SECURITY: Absolutely, absolutely it does. That's what we've got to do, we've got to work hard to establish in people's minds that they're not being targeted for their race, religion, or ethnicity. OPPENHEIM: Some Arab-Americans here accept that, and agree - some surveillance is necessary. MANUEL WICOUB, FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN RESIDENT: I personally don't feel I've been watched. I don't think it's unreasonable to do what you have to do to protect the country. OPPENHEIM: But others see that the wiretapping program has gone too far - by skipping the traditional requirements for court permission. The council on American Islamic Relations of Michigan has sued the National Security Agency. We found the fear of being spied on crosses religious and ethnic lines. In part, because the community here is diverse. There are many Moslems who aren't Arabs, and there are Arabs who aren't Moslem. In fact, Chaldeans, or Christians from Iraq, are one of the largest groups here. And what we're hearing repeatedly, is the wiretapping program makes these groups feel lumped together, and in the eyes of their government, separated from their adopted country. OPPENHEIM: The nation's number two intelligence director says Arab-Americans and others groups are not being specifically targeted. GENERAL MICHAEL HADEN: It is not a drift net over Dearborn, or Lackawana or Freemont....this is targeted and focused. OPPENHEIM: Still, people here increasingly fear they're being viewed less as loyal Americans, and more as a telephone link to terrorism. Keith Oppenheim, CNN, Dearborn, Michigan. (END VIDEO CLIP) Promo LLOYD:We've set up a place on our web site where you can shout out your opinion of the government's domestic spying program. It's called a "Quick Vote," and after you cast your opinion, you can see how other people felt about the same issue. Here's how to find it: Log on to CNN.com/EDUCATION, and check out today's transcript in the "Watch and Learn" box. You'll see the quick vote section on the right-hand side of the page, ready to register your viewpoint. Click it and check it today! Shoutout AZUZ: Time for the Shoutout! Whose ship was the first to sail around the world? You know what to do! Was it: A) Ferdinand Magellan, B) Vasco Núñez de Balboa, C) Christopher Columbus or D) Leif Eriksson? Three seconds on the clock -- GO! Even though Ferdinand Magellan didn't survive the voyage, one of his ships did, so he's credited with leading the first circumnavigation of the globe. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout! A Global Attempt LLOYD: When Magellan set sail in the early 16th century, it took months to cross an ocean. But the Wright Brothers' aeronautical invention, made that a lot easier - and faster! Now, a millionaire adventurer named Steve Fossett is trying to set a new record: The farthest distance ever flown in an airplane. He didn't get off to a perfect start. Ken Oliver takes us to cape Canaveral, Florida, where Fossett had a problem the moment he got off the ground. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KEVIN OLIVER, REPORTER: Fossett took off about 7:20 in the morning. It took Fossett almost the entire three mile length of the shuttle landing strip to get his experimental aircraft of the ground. And if you look closely, just after takeoff, you can see him fly through a flock of birds. Two seabirds actually hit the wing of the aircraft. Engineers say there didn't appear to be any damage, and Fossett probably didn't even know he struck anything. SOT: He was thinking more about the end of the runway approaching rather than the birds. OLIVER: The chief flight engineer says conditions are not favorable and based on the winds and the jet streams around the world, Fossett may not be able to make the 27 thousand mile journey. He's trying to go once around the globe, and a second time across the Atlantic. Fossett wanted to begin the nonstop journey anyway. SOT: I think he's really a try and see type of adventurer. So he'd rather be flying than sitting on the ground just waiting for a good day. He'd rather be out there trying it, and seeing if it works. OLIVER: His last chance to abort the mission will be over Newfoundland. (END VIDEO CLIP) Before We Go LLOYD: We've got another skyward sight for you, before we go! 400 people jumped out of a plane and into the record books Wednesday, for making the largest "connected formation skydive." It happened in the air over Thailand. Though the sultans of stunt who did it, came from 31 different countries! Their kaleidoscope of color formed a shape larger than a football field. And one skydiver described the stunt as "quiet," even as the wind rushed by. Goodbye LLOYD:And we've reached the end of today's show! For CNN Student News, I'm Monica Lloyd. Stay right there for more Headline News, next! 
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